"Slave prison (Calabozo), New Orleans"

ID: 3747 ~ Source: Library of Congress ~ Creator: Genthe Arnold ~ Date: between 1920 and 1924

This file appears in: “Confined in the Dungeons”: Orleans Parish Prison and Self-Emancipated People

This photograph, taken between 1920 and 1924, shows a barred door outside in the courtyard of the Orleans Parish Prison.

This file appears in: “Confined in the Dungeons”: Orleans Parish Prison and Self-Emancipated People

“Confined in the Dungeons”: Orleans Parish Prison and Self-Emancipated People

By Lauren Smith, Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor & Brett Todd. Contributor

Located in Treme, the original Orleans Parish Prison stood where the Municipal Auditorium and Louis Armstrong Park stand today. From the 1830s to 1895, the prison housed individuals accused of crimes,…